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The Paper Palace

The No.1 New York Times Bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick

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The Paper Palace

Autor: Miranda Cowley Heller
Czyta: Laurel Lefkow
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2022

A PAGE-TURNING SUMMERTIME READ FOR FANS OF WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING AND LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE

On a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the pond below 'The Paper Palace' - her family's holiday home in Cape Cod. As she dives beneath the water she relives the passionate encounter she had the night before, against the side of the house that knows all her darkest secrets, while her husband and mother chatted to their guests inside...

So begins a story that unfolds over twenty-four hours and fifty years, as Elle's shocking betrayal leads her to a life-changing decision - and an ending you won't be able to stop thinking about.

'A deeply emotional love story that follows one day in the life of Elle Bishop as she navigates the unravelling of secrets, lies and a very complex love triangle' REESE WITHERSPOON

'Glorious and gorgeous. I was absolutely immersed and gripped and I'm devastated to have finished it' MARIAN KEYES

'Here is a love triangle that keeps you turning the pages' Rachel Joyce

'Utterly addictive' Rosamund Lupton

'Dry, sharp and with devastating depths plumbed so elegantly' Pandora Sykes

'Smart, atmospheric and seriously juicy' Stylist

'Earthy, intoxicating, shimmering' Sunday Times

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A deeply emotional love story that follows one day in the life of Elle Bishop as she navigates the unravelling of secrets, lies and a very complex love triangle
It's glorious and gorgeous. I was absolutely immersed and gripped and I'm devastated to have finished it (Marian Keyes)
This accomplished family saga is gripping and poetic, capturing the complexity of the human heart
A family drama, a forbidden love story, a childhood tragedy, The Paper Palace is a stunning literary debut that will eat you up and leave you reeling - you won't want it to end
It's been ages since I was so absorbed in a contemporary novel. I loved it (Nick Hornby)
In rich and sensuous prose, Cowley Heller, cracks open the human heart and exposes her character's choices: the paths not taken and the devastating consequences. I smelled the old cabins and the backwoods, felt the pond water lapping around my ankles, experienced the love and loss of family. A perceptive and powerful story which will stay with me for a long time (Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground)
Tightly woven and immediate, The Paper Palace takes us deep into a vivid summer landscape, a family, and a private, longstanding love story, and holds us there from start to finish (Meg Wolitzer, New York Times bestselling author of The Wife and The Female Persuasion)
I can't think of a more brilliant debut than The Paper Palace. Enticing, assured and multi-layered, it introduces a major new voice in American fiction . . . A marvel (Cressida Connolly)
Absolutely phenomenal novel - dazzling writing and utterly addictive. Read it (Rosamund Lupton)
It felt as if I read The Paper Palace in one go. It was completely immersive, and shocking, and utterly alive. I loved it (Nina Stibbe)
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I enjoyed parts of the story, especially the episodes about Elle's childhood summers. The backstory on the other hand is told in too much detail and many chapters about Elle's early childhood are just irrelevant to the story as a whole (grandparents, stepmothers etc.) The author should have focused more on Elle and Jonas's story, shortening at least some of the lengthy passages. Some characters, like Elle's mother or Gina for example, never really come to life for me. On the whole, reading/listening to so many pages is not worth the time - especially considering the very predictable ending.

Just too long, too many irrelevant chapters...

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The last few chapters build up to a decision to be made. Unfortunately the end is not strong enough.

Good read, but poor ending

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The content (rape, sexuell assault...) was quite disturbing for me. Expected something different. Certainly not my kind of book, overall I thought it was boring next to the disturbing.

A bit disturbing

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"The Paper Palace" is an entertaining and gripping story, for sure. It doesn´t bore, and the jumps in time and place are well timed, so that the reader unravels the backstory in a large circle starting from the present day and ending there again, having gone on a journey in time along with the protagonist.

The story itself is not very original, although some characters (the husband, the mother, the sister) are well-developed and really jump off the page. Also, the author has a very descriptive language which sets a good atmosphere and helps the reader/ listener to imagine the scenes.

However, other important characters (the protagonist herself, the childhood friend and now-lover) are not developed and consequently the reader cannot really engage with them or their motifs.

Worst of all, the narrator gallops along in a flat monotone which has next to no highlights. She hardly takes a single breath from one time-jump to the next, which is highly confusing to the listener. This deadens the story and leaves the listener annoyed and frustrated.

Compelling story, unfortunate narration

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